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ReviewJournal of inflammation research2021

New Insights into the Role of NLRP3 Inflammasome in Pathogenesis and Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Jie Zhang, Qiuyun Xu, Weichen Sun, Xiaorong Zhou, Da Fu, Liming Mao

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Review in Journal of inflammation research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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28 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jie Zhang *Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226019, People's Republic of China.
Qiuyun Xu *Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226019, People's Republic of China.
Weichen Sun *Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226019, People's Republic of China.
Xiaorong ZhouDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226019, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-6120-7318
Da FuCentral Laboratory for Medical Research, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200072, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-0878-2575
Liming MaoDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226019, People's Republic of China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an inflammatory lung disease characterized by chronic airway obstruction and emphysema. Accumulating studies have shown that the onset and development of COPD are related to an aberrant immune response induced by the dysregulation of a number of genetic and environmental factors, while the exact pathogenesis of this disease is not well defined. Emerging studies based on tests on samples from COPD patients, animal models, pharmacological and genetic data suggest that the NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome activation is required in the lung inflammatory responses in the development of COPD. Although the available clinical studies targeting the inflammasome effector cytokine, IL-1β, or IL-1 signaling do not show positive outcomes for COPD treatment, many alternative strategies have been proposed by recent emerging studies. Here, we highlight the recent progress in our understanding of the role of the NLRP3 inflammasome in COPD and propose possible future studies that may further elucidate the roles of the inflammasome in the pathogenesis or the intervention of this inflammatory lung disease.

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COPDIL-1inflammasomeinflammationlungNLRP3

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PMID34471373
PMCPMC8405160

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